Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... bottom of the sea , during the interval between the creation of man and the Mosaic deluge ; and that , at the time of that deluge , portions of the globe which had been previously elevated above the level of the sea , and formed the ...
... bottom of the sea , during the interval between the creation of man and the Mosaic deluge ; and that , at the time of that deluge , portions of the globe which had been previously elevated above the level of the sea , and formed the ...
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... bottom of the water the materials of stratified formations , which , in after times , were to be elevated into dry lands , in an ameliorated condition of fertility . Still more decisive are the evidences of design and method , which ...
... bottom of the water the materials of stratified formations , which , in after times , were to be elevated into dry lands , in an ameliorated condition of fertility . Still more decisive are the evidences of design and method , which ...
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... bottom of the seas , in which they received their origin , to the plains and mountains in which they find their present place of rest . We see that the streams of earthy matter , which issue in a state of fusion from active volcanos ...
... bottom of the seas , in which they received their origin , to the plains and mountains in which they find their present place of rest . We see that the streams of earthy matter , which issue in a state of fusion from active volcanos ...
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... bottom of the then existing seas , the materials of primary stratified rocks , which , by subsequent exposure to various degrees of subterranean heat , became converted into beds of gneiss , and mica slate , and hornblende slate , and ...
... bottom of the then existing seas , the materials of primary stratified rocks , which , by subsequent exposure to various degrees of subterranean heat , became converted into beds of gneiss , and mica slate , and hornblende slate , and ...
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... bottom of the sea . Here , therefore , we enter on a new and no less curious than important field of enquiry , * It is most convenient to include within the Transition series , all kinds of stratified rocks , from the earliest slates ...
... bottom of the sea . Here , therefore , we enter on a new and no less curious than important field of enquiry , * It is most convenient to include within the Transition series , all kinds of stratified rocks , from the earliest slates ...
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